Credit Card
Meet the Google Card!
After Apple Card, announced last March to great fanfare, Huawei said it would issue a card too. Google has now joined the race among tech companies by announcing a new card of its own.
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EMV
What is an Application Identifier (AID)?
The AID tells the terminal which applications are present on a chip during a POS or ATM transaction. What does the AID do? It lets the terminal determine whether it supports an application on the chip. In Tag 9F06, it is 5-16 digits long.
Payment Systems
Samsung Pay Debit Card is coming!!!!
Major technology companies' love for payment systems shows no sign of ending; in fact, some are just getting started. Apple, Huawei, and Google had previously announced plans to issue cards. According to new reports, Samsung is joining them.
Credit Card
Can a card be made from wood?
While the use of physical cards and POS terminals is gradually declining, positive developments continue, such as the world's first wooden card, TreeCard, backed by the search engine Ecosia and aimed at reforesting the world.
Online & Authorization
What Is HCE?
HCE lets a mobile device's operating system emulate the cards we use daily (credit, debit, gift cards, etc.) to make contactless payments via NFC. In other words, our phones behave like the cards we use for payments.
Payment Systems
Visa and Mastercard Branded Cards Will No Longer Work in Russia
After Russia invaded Ukraine, Visa and Mastercard suspended services for sanctioned Russian banks. This post explains the impact on cardholders and merchants, and Russia's MIR and UnionPay alternatives.
HCE
Terms Used in HCE Terminology
When we talk about HCE methodology, many interacting architectural components come to mind. The core terms describing this architecture are listed below, starting with GCM/FCM (Google/Firebase Cloud Messaging), a service for sending push notifications.
Payment Systems
What Are AI-Based Payment Agents?
Digitalization keeps changing the speed and shape of payments. AI-based payment agents pay on their own within user-defined limits and rules, completing transactions without the user initiating any action. This post explains how they work and what to watch for.
Payment Systems
Agentic Commerce Series - Part 2
If users start describing their needs instead of searching for products, one of the internet economy's most fundamental habits could change.
Agentic Commerce
Agentic Commerce Series – Part 1
The next customer on the internet may not be human. If AI agents become part of purchasing decisions, the rules of e-commerce, marketing, and payment systems could change.
Security
Why Is AWS (Amazon Web Services) Preferred?
The number of companies offering cloud computing and storage has grown sharply in recent years. AWS, founded in 2006, is the world's largest cloud computing and storage provider, ahead of Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure and IBM.
HCE
What Is NFC?
NFC, known as Near Field Communication, is a technology that transfers data wirelessly between devices within 10 cm. It is used for data transfer, device pairing, and as the basis of contactless payments.